What should I do if I always sweat during confinement?

If you sweat a lot during confinement after childbirth, you should first look for the cause based on your own situation. First of all, you should consider environmental factors. For example, if you are confined during childbirth in the summer, it will be particularly easy to sweat because the weather is very hot and humid. At this time, you should find a way to adjust the indoor temperature, such as adjusting the temperature of the air conditioner. In addition, you should consider some physical factors, such as the increase in skin blood volume. So, what is a good solution to the problem of sweating a lot during confinement after childbirth?

What should I do if I always sweat during confinement?

Mainly treated through traditional Chinese medicine.

1. Qi deficiency and spontaneous sweating

Treatment method: Replenish Qi to strengthen the body's defenses, harmonize the circulation and stop sweating.

Representative prescription: Astragalus Decoction.

Prescription: licorice, atractylodes, rehmannia root, white tuckahoe, saposhnikovia divaricata, jujube, calcined oyster shell, ophiopogon japonicus, and astragalus.

2. Yin deficiency and night sweats

Treatment method: Replenish Qi and nourish Yin, promote body fluid and restrain sweat.

Representative prescription: Shengmai San plus calcined oyster, glutinous rice root, floating wheat, and cornus fruit.

Prescription: Schisandra chinensis, ginseng, and Ophiopogon japonicus.

How to care for postpartum sweating

1. Daily care methods for postpartum sweating

(1) The indoor temperature should be appropriate, and doors and windows should be opened for ventilation. In hot weather, it can cool down the room while ensuring air circulation.

(2) The thickness of clothes and quilts should be moderate. When you sweat, wipe off the sweat in time to prevent catching a cold. If possible, take a bath every day or wash with warm water.

2. Postpartum sweating diet therapy care methods

(1) Astragalus, Longan and Lamb Soup

Take an appropriate amount of mutton, blanch it in boiling water, then remove it and rinse it with cold water to remove the mutton smell. Then use a casserole to boil the water, add the mutton and appropriate amounts of radix polygoni aviculare, astragalus, and longan meat to cook the soup. You can season it appropriately when eating, and the broth can be eaten.

(2) Ginseng pigeon soup

Prepare the baby pigeon (the blood in the belly does not need to be cleaned), then add appropriate amount of water and Korean ginseng slices and steam them for 60 minutes. Finally, add appropriate amount of salt before eating. It is recommended to take it once a day for three consecutive days.

(3) Loach soup

Fry the processed loaches until golden brown and set aside. Use two bowls of water to stew the glutinous rice roots. When the water is reduced to one bowl, add the loaches and stew. Add appropriate seasoning when eating, and it can be eaten with fish or soup.

(4) Lamb tripe porridge

After the glutinous rice is soaked, stuff it into the sheep's stomach together with red dates. Then sew the sheep's stomach, put it in a pot and stew it in water before eating it as a side dish. When eating, cut open the belly and season appropriately.

(5) Pork belly porridge

Rub the pig's stomach with salt, wash it and stew it with wheat until it is half cooked, then cut into shreds and set aside. Chop the astragalus, ginseng, lotus seeds, etc. into pieces, wrap them with gauze, and cook them together with the chopped stomach. When the stomach is cooked, remove the medicine bag and stomach, add rice to cook porridge, and finally add chopped green onions and appropriate seasonings. Both porridge and pork trip should be eaten.

3. Postpartum sweating massage care method

(1) Reflexology areas on the soles of the feet

Massage areas: parathyroid glands, sigmoid colon and rectum, small intestine, anus, cecum (appendix), ileocecal valve, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, gonads, adrenal glands, kidneys, ureters, bladder, head (brain), pituitary gland, cerebellum and brain stem.

Commonly used techniques: fist tapping, index finger joint scraping, double finger joint scraping, thumb finger point method, index finger interphalangeal joint point method, thumb joint scraping, pressing method, fist scraping, thumb pushing method, rubbing method, etc.

(2) Reflexology area on the inside of the foot

Massage areas: lumbar vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, uterus, and sacrum.

Commonly used techniques: thumb pushing, tapping, scraping the outer edge of the index finger, pressing, etc.

(3) Lateral reflexology area

Massage area: reproductive glands.

Commonly used techniques: thumb pushing, tapping, scraping the outer edge of the index finger, pressing, etc.